The nurse must administer hepatitis B immunoglobulin 0.5 mL intramuscularly to a 3-day-old infant born to an HB Ag-positive mother. Which injection site should the nurse choose to administer this injection?
a. Ventrogluteal
b. Vastus lateralis
c. Deltoid
d. Dorsogluteal
Question 2
An adult patient admitted with lower gastrointestinal bleeding is prescribed a unit of packed red blood cells. Which gauge needle should be inserted to administer this blood product?
a. 18 gauge
b. 22 gauge
c. 24 gauge
d. 26 gauge
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Administer Oxygen
Incidence of acute hepatitis B in the United States, 1980–2008.
Nurse measuring the recumbent height of a toddler
Structure of immunoglobulin molecules
The karyotype and phenotypic description of an infant with Patau syndrome